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Kleiner Perkins — 2020 Investments

19 investments dated 2020 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Veratxveratx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: VERAOct 2020

Vera Therapeutics develops medicines targeting autoimmune-driven kidney diseases, with a focus on reducing the need for dialysis or transplant.

BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

Marshall Fordyce(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMaha Katabi(Director)inKurt von Emster(Director)inPatrick Enright(Director)inAndrew Cheng(Director)

Board seatBeth Seidenberg· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsLongitude CapitalSofinnova VenturesAbingworthSofinnova Venture Partners

Kyverna Therapeuticskyvernatx.cominNASDAQ: KYTXSeries A · Jan 2020 · $25M

Kyverna is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing CAR T-cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases through B cell depletion and immune system reset.

BiotechEmeryville, US

Warner Biddle(Chief Executive Officer)inBrian Kotzin(Director)Ian Clark(Director)Ryan Jones(Executive Officer)Karen Walker(Executive Officer)Peter Maag(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesVida VenturesWestlake Village BioPartnersGilead SciencesInsight PartnersNorthpond Ventures+3 more

Trusonatrusona.comin𝕏Jan 2020 · $20M✓ verified

Trusona is a cybersecurity company that verifies the real person behind an account during account recovery and reset requests to prevent account takeovers, including attacks using deepfakes, SIM swaps, and social engineering.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Ori Eisen(Founder)in

Co-investorsCyber Mentor FundM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)OurCrowdSeven Peaks Ventures

Arsenal Biosciencesarsenalbio.comDec 2020

Arsenal Biosciences is a clinical-stage company developing programmable cell therapies to treat solid tumors.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

Ken Drazan(Founder)James Ahlers(Executive Officer)Irene Pleasure(Executive Officer)Margaret Nibbi(Executive Officer)Alexander Marson(Founder)Kole Roybal(Founder)

Board seatBrook ByersBeth Seidenberg· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersHitachi VenturesLuma GroupOUP (Osage University Partners)SoftBank Vision FundWestlake Village BioPartners+4 more

RenmatixinSeries C · Mar 2020 · $50M

EnergyKing Of Prussia, US

Tim Brown(Executive Officer)inMichael Hamilton(Executive Officer, Director)Jennifer Miller(Executive Officer)inBruce Wobeck(Executive Officer)in

BoardMichael Nettersheim(Director)

Board seatJohn Doerr· per SEC Form D

Acelyrinacelyrin.comin𝕏Series A · Dec 2020 · $8Macquired by Alumis

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsDecheng CapitalSamsara BioCapitalvenBio PartnersAccess IndustriesWestlake Village BioPartners

Apiiroapiiro.cominOct 2020 · $35M

Apiiro provides application security tools for agentic AI development, including API security, secrets management, supply chain security, and code scanning capabilities built on an AppSec Data Fabric platform.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Idan Plotnik(Founder)inYonatan Eldar(Founder)inJarrod Bogue(Chief Revenue Officer)inMoti Gindi(Chief Product Officer)inMaria Rozenfeld (Svetlov)(VP Finance)inYael Rosner Niv(VP, People)in

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystGreylock Partners

Area 1 Securityarea1security.com𝕏Jun 2020 · $25Macquired by Cloudflare, Inc.

Area 1 Security, now part of Cloudflare as Cloudflare Email Security, provides AI-powered email and collaboration security that detects and blocks phishing, business email compromise, malware, and multi-channel link-based attacks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMenlo Park, US

Oren J. Falkowitz(Executive Officer, Director)inBlake Darche(Founder)Oren Falkowitz(Founder)Phil Syme(Founder)

BoardDerek W. Smith(Director)

Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalCowboy VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)EPIC VENTURESFocus Opportunity FundForgePoint Capital+3 more

Codacoda.ioin𝕏Aug 2020acquired by Grammarly · Dec 2024

Coda (now Superhuman Docs) is a collaborative workspace platform that combines document editing, database tables, and application-building capabilities for teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSMountain View, US

Shishir Mehrotra(Founder)inAlex DeNeui(Founder)inLane Shackleton(Chief Product Officer)in

BoardReid Hoffman(Board Member (Greylock Partner; LinkedIn Co-Founder))inHemant Taneja(Board Member (General Catalyst))in

Co-investorsArba LLCDria VenturesGeneral CatalystGeneral PartnershipGreylock PartnersHomebrew+15 more

CodeSandboxcodesandbox.ioinAug 2020 · $2.4M

CodeSandbox provides APIs and microVM infrastructure for spinning up isolated development environments (sandboxes) that run any type of code, with fast cloning, snapshots, and hibernation.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Ives van Hoorne(Founder)inBas Buursma(Founder)inAshley Lundstrom(Director)

BoardBucky Moore(Director)

Co-investorsArches CapitalEQT Ventures

Edlyftedlyft.comin𝕏Seed · Oct 2020 · $1.4MDefunct

Edlyft provides support and mentorship to help students succeed in computer science and secure top software engineering roles.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSan Francisco, US

Erika Hairston(Founder)inArnelle Ansong(Founder)in

Co-investorsBackstage CapitalWestbound Equity PartnersY Combinator27V (Twenty Seven Ventures)January VenturesKapor Capital+3 more

Featherfeather.solutionsFeb 2020 · $30M

Feather is a cloud-based engineering simulation platform that runs finite element analysis — including linear static, thermal, modal, harmonic, and buckling analysis — for single parts and assemblies.

Cloud ComputingDeep TechSaaS

Co-investorsRoot Ventures Manager, LlcBain CapitalCobalt CapitalFuel CapitalKeen Venture PartnersPJC+3 more

Labelboxlabelbox.comin𝕏Feb 2020 · $25M

Labelbox provides data infrastructure, environments, and evaluation tools for AI teams to build, evaluate, and improve AI agents and models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

Manu Sharma(Founder)inBrian Rieger(Founder)inDan Rasmuson(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzB Capital GroupB4 CapitalDraft Ventures LlcFirst Round CapitalGradient Ventures+6 more

Metafymetafy.ggSeed · Dec 2020 · $3M

Metafy is a platform where gaming creators host their guides, coaching, and community in one place, with per-game hubs that help players discover content and services.

Creator EconomyGamingMarketplacesBlairsville, US

Josh Fabian(Founder)inTom McNiven(Founder)

Co-investorsChapter OneDCM VenturesEntrée CapitalNvested EquitySeven Seven SixTactile Ventures+2 more

Opstraceopstrace.comApr 2020

Opstrace is an open source observability platform built on Cortex and Loki that runs in a user's own cloud account for metrics, logs, and alert management.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Sebastien Pahl(Executive Officer, Director)Mathew Appelman(Director)

BoardBucky Moore(Director)in

Scanditscandit.comin𝕏Series C · May 2020 · $80M

Scandit builds Smart Data Capture software that turns smartphones, handheld computers, fixed cameras, and drones into barcode and data scanning devices, integrated into business workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSZurich, CH

Samuel Mueller(Founder)inChristian Floerkemeier(Founder)inChristof Roduner(Founder)in

Co-investorsWarburg PincusAtomicoBootstrap EuropeForestay CapitalG2 Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)+7 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Future Research, Inc.Gather Wholesale Inc.People Center, Inc.

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.